#FBC499#FBC499

#FBC499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.085 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBC499
RGB	rgb(251, 196, 153)
HSL	hsl(26, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(26, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, 14.12, 29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 32.36, 64.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% 0.0432 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.085 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.2755, 62.2926, 38.7163)
Luminance	0.6229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBC499 #99D0FB

analogous

#FB999F #FBC499 #FBF599

triadic

#FBC499 #99FBC4 #C499FB

tetradic

#FBC499 #9FFB99 #99D0FB #F599FB

square

#FBC499 #9FFB99 #99D0FB #F599FB

split-complementary

#FBC499 #99FBF5 #999FFB

monochromatic

#F68023 #F9A25E #FBC499 #FDE6D4 #FEEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#FBC499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#FBC499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBC499

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBC499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBC499	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbc499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 196, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.085 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed5b7',
    500: '#fbc499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbc499;
$custom-light: #fed5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbc499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.327,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85933,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBC499

secondary

#5CA4DC

accent

#81E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBC499

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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